You are likely to experience data loss or corruption at some point, or else your data will become unrecoverable in the event that it becomes unreadable.

If you store your files locally on a device, there is always a risk that you might lose them - whether they are photos of your family, important contacts, or work or school papers that you want to keep.

It is for this reason that it is always a good idea to make a backup of all the files you have on your computer. Data backup on Android is very easy and straightforward, as it is with most other applications that you use every day.

Using a hard drive or SD card is the best option if you want to manually copy your files from your computer to the recipient.

It is also possible to automate the Android to computer transfer by using a third-party application, but that may be a little more difficult.

At the end of the day, the cloud offers the most convenient, set-and-forget way of managing your data without taking a lot of time or effort.

There are several mainstream cloud services available today that are perfect for keeping Android backups, such as Amazon's and Microsoft's.

Even so, Android already has a service that works well with it, which makes it a very attractive option. Using Google Backup, you can easily back up all the data of your Android phone and have it available for restoration at any time.

Google automatically backs up your Android content, app preferences, messages, and contacts. The backup of photos, videos, and music is handled by dedicated apps; everything else is handled by Google One.

Upon uploading data to Google's servers, it is given a unique identifier and encrypted. The backups can be restored to the same device (if it's been wiped) or to a different Android device.